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Dr Patriann Smith: Let's use literacy to open minds


Sunday 7 February 2021
Dr Patriann Smith, assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida in Tampa. PHOTOS COURTESY PATRIANN SMITH -
While certain parts of the education system in the Caribbean seem more advanced than that of the US, the way it tends to approach literacy is often years behind other countries, says Dr Patriann Smith, assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida.
“It seemed that I had undertaken so much more work in my teacher-training diploma in TT than in my master s degree in the US. So, there is a difference in terms of the level of work that is being done across these contexts. ....

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